On Nov. 8 morning local time Saudi civil defence issued a danger alert for Riyadh after multiple explosions were heard across the city; the alert was later lifted. A Saudi-led coalition spokesman, Turki al-Maliki, said air defences intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement toward Riyadh. The coalition later said it intercepted and destroyed two cruise missiles in the Riyadh area and in southern Saudi Arabia, and earlier intercepted a ballistic missile aime

卡塔尔外交部表示，卡塔尔首相兼外交大臣与沙特外交大臣进行了通话。双方回顾了两国合作关系及支持与加强途径，并讨论了最新地区局势，特别是为缓和局势、促进地区安全与稳定所作的外交努力和联合协调。通话中，卡塔尔首相兼外交大臣强调，卡塔尔支持一切旨在达成确保航行自由解决方案的外交努力，并为达成实现地区可持续和平的全面协议铺平道路。

Israeli President Isaac Herzog concluded consultations and authorized former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government, the president’s office said. Parties representing 67 Knesset members recommended Eisenkot; parties representing 46 recommended incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; a 7-seat party made no recommendation. Herzog met with multiple political figures, including Netanyahu and Eisenkot, and informed Eisenkot of the authorization decision. Under Israel’s Basic Law on the Government, the designated lawmaker has 28 days to form a cabinet, extendable once by up to 14 days.